xxx iv proceedings. 



Book Presented. 



Tlie Athenaeum for March. From the Editor. 



April 18, 1848. (Regent Street.) 



Elections. W. W. Smith, Esq., 10, Watling-street ; S. Child, 

 Esq., Rownall, near Leek, Staffordshire ; W. Campion, jun., 

 Esq., 10, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square ; and G. W. Blun- 

 dell, Esq., Ince Blundell Hall, near Great Crosby, Liver- 

 pool. 



Awards. Large Silver Medal: To Messers. Veitch and Son, 

 of Exeter, for a small flowering plant of Fuchsia spectabilis, 

 a species probably upon the whole the finest yet known. 

 The flowers are a deep crimson ; the petals flat and bright 

 rich red ; and the stigma very large and pure white, form- 

 ing a fine contrast with its rosy bed. The leaves are broad, 

 oblong, very firm, and a dark velvety green, although they 

 have scarcely any hairs. The flowers grow horizontally 

 from the axils of the leaves. It was found by Mr. Lobb on 

 the Andes of Cuenca, in Peru, and was at first supposed to 

 be the same as F. loxensis of Humboldt and Bonpland, but 

 proves to be a distinct species. In Peru it is stated to 

 grow from two to four feet high — " a magnificent thing ; 

 quite the queen of Fuchsias." 



Knkjhtian Medal: To Mr. Kyle, gardener to R. Barclay, 

 Esq., Leyton, for a plant of Eriostemon neriifolium, than 

 which, for its size, it was perhaps impossible to produce a 

 better specimen of good gardening. It formed a dense 

 pyramid nearly five feet high, profusely clothed with white 

 starry blossoms to the very pot. 



Banksian Medals : To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine Apple- 

 place, also for a plant of Eriostemon neriifolium, nearly 

 seven feet in height, well flowered, but an older and less 

 perfect specimen than the one just mentioned. To Mr. 

 Glendinning, of the Chiswick Nursery, for a tall specimen, 

 well flowered, of Henfreya scandens. 



Certificates of Merit: To Messrs. Veitch, for Cantua pyri- 

 folia, a rare Peruvian Phloxwort, with cream-coloured 

 flowers, which, though produced in abundance, are too 

 dingy-looking to render it a plant of first-rate character. 

 To Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, East Barnet, for Black Ham- 

 burgh and Sweetwater Grapes. 



Miscellaneous Subjects of Exhibition. From the Mar- 

 chioness of Westminster, a coloured drawing of the beautiful 

 rose-coloured Rhododendron, named barbatum, which lately 

 flowered for the first time in this country at Eaton Hall, in 



